Human Appeal International
Human Appeal International is a British international development and relief charity based in Manchester. It was established in 1984. [1] According to the United Kingdom Charity Commission the charity's goals are:
- "The relief of poverty and sickness and the protection of good health and the advancement of education of those in need or from impoverished countries overseas and in particular Sudan, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Lebanon and Afghanistan."
[edit] Alleged Hamas Links
Human Appeal International is on the US State Department's list of charities linked to terrorism. A 1996 CIA report identified Human Appeal International as one of a number of Islamic charities used as conduits for funds to terrorist organizations, and tied it to the Saudi-based Muwafaq, an Al-Qaeda front group.[2] In August 2002, Islamic youth chat group Muslim Net Melbourne featured an advertisement for a Hamas fundraising scheme, the "101 Days Campaign;" it said profits from the intifada videotapes would go to the campaign through Human Appeal International. [1] The FBI in 2003 outlined a "close relationship between Human Appeal International and Hamas;" and the FBI further reported that HAI was a major recipient of funding from the convicted Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) Entity, the Holy Land Foundation.[3] In February 2005 Hamas' website openly announced the receipt of funds from HAI, and in September of that year HAI was implicated in the investigation of British Hamas fundraiser Ahmad Saltana.
[edit] References
- ^ Extract from the Central Register of Charities maintained by the Charity Commission for England and Wales: Human Appeal International
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Works related to CIA Report on NGOs With Terror Links at Wikisource - ^ "Guilty Verdicts In Holy Land Foundation Retrial". CBS11TV. 2008-11-24. http://cbs11tv.com/local/holy.land.retrial.2.872727.html. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
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